Month: May 2016
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Columbia College Chicago Dance Center’s Peter Carpenter Performs Solo Work in Pivot Arts Fest June 3
Performance artist Peter Carpenter, Acting Chair of the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago, will perform in the fourth annual Pivot Arts Festival on Friday, June 3. The ten-day festival, which runs June 2-12, features dozens of innovative performances and multi-disciplinary works throughout Chicago’s Uptown and Edgewater neighborhoods. Carpenter’s solo performance, Rituals of Abundance for Lean…
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Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago Graduate is 2016 Class Valedictorian at Commencement, Where Jane Lynch Is Keynote Speaker
Jane Lynch Emmy Award-winning actress and comedian Jane Lynch was the keynote speaker at the 2016 commencement ceremony for Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago graduates on Saturday, May 14, at the Chicago Theatre in downtown Chicago. Lynch also received an honorary degree from the college. Taylor Rose Chwae Peter Carpenter Also addressing the graduates…
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Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago Co-Hosts Network of Ensemble Theatres Symposium May 20
Columbia College Chicago and the League of Chicago Theatres are partnering with the Network of Ensemble Theatres to present NET’s 2016 national symposium, “Intersection: Ensembles + Universities,” taking place in Chicago May 20-22. “Intersection,” a national symposium on ensemble creation and collaborative practice, is part of a series of NET events that explore and develop…
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Columbia College Chicago Dance Center Concerts Benefit Scholarships May 12-13
The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago celebrates the end of the 2015-2016 school year with student performances of work by faculty and guest choreographers. The Dance Center’s Repertory Performance Workshop and Faculty Concert will be held on Thursday and Friday, May 12 and 13, at 8 PM each night. Admission is by donation, with…
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(VIDEO) Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble Presents ‘Piece of My Heart’ May 6-15
Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble — whose artistic director is Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago alum Sara Maslanka (BA ’13), a graduate of the Dance Center’s Dance BA program — concludes its 15th season of “performance with a purpose” with A Piece of My Heart, by Shirley Lauro. Through storytelling, movement, and live music, the 1992…
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Columbia College Chicago Dance and Theatre Alumni and Faculty Collaborate on World Premiere May 5-15
Alumni and faculty members of the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago and the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are collaborating on the world premiere of a new dance/theatre work, RockCitizen, presented by The Seldoms, a Chicago-based ensemble founded and led by Columbia College Dance Center teacher Carrie Hanson. RockCitizen runs May 5-15 at the…